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Author Kelly, John, 1945-

Title The graves are walking : the great famine and the saga of the Irish people / John Kelly.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Co., [2012]
©2012
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1530073~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  941.5081 KEL    AVAILABLE
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  941.5081 KEL    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 397 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents The savage shore : three Englishmen in Ireland -- The news from Ireland -- "The Irish can live on anything" -- Want -- The hanging of Bryan Serry -- The lord of providence -- The great and glorious cause of Ireland -- The mandate of heaven -- A sermon for Ireland -- Snow -- The queen's speech -- Pestilence -- Atonement -- "I shall arise and go now" -- Yankee doodle dandy -- Catastrophe and its consolations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-376) and index.
Summary Describes the Great Irish Potato Famine that began in 1845 and discusses how the combined forces of bacterial infection, political greed, and religious intolerance started a disaster that killed twice as many people as died during the American Civil War.
Subject Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Added Title Great famine and the saga of the Irish people.
ISBN 9780805091847
080509184X
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